The Midwest Big Ten Series ran in conjunction with Lincoln Speedway and Jacksonville Speedway this year. Lincoln Speedway’s owners are here tonight – Norm and Yvonne Horn along with Jacksonville Speedway’s owner, Ken Dobson. Thank you to all of them for their help with the 2013 Midwest Big Ten Series this year. Macon Speedway would like to thank Hoosier Tire for their help in putting on this special promotion for the Late Model drivers, and we would also like to thank all of our Late Model drivers for showing their support of Macon Speedway during the 2013 season. In the Midwest Big Ten UMP Late Model Series, the best 8 out of 10 races determined the champion.

Big Ten UMP Late Model:

The 10th place finisher was: Adam Mefford of Jacksonville

9th place Kenneth Vandorn of New Berlin

8th place Steve Lance, Jr. of Cuba, IL

7th place Ryan Little of Pleasant Plains

6th place Roger Brickler of Springfield

5th place John Beck of Springfield

4th place Greg Kimmons of Pleasant Plains

3rd place Matt Taylor of Springfield

2nd Place Brian Dively of Springfield

and the Midwest Big Ten Series winner for 2013… STEVE SHEPPARD, JR. OF NEW BERLIN

Steve Sheppard took home the Midwest Big 10 Late Model series crown after Friday’s final race at Lincoln Speedway. Brian Dively won the night’s race, but came up 6 points shy of the crown. Matt Taylor battled hard all season to finish a respectful third. The results of the top 10 drivers in points for 2013 are posted on maconracing.com website under the Big Ten points tab.

Thank you to all the drivers for making the 2013 Midwest Big 10 Late Model series very exciting! Good luck next year!

The season-long Midwest Big Ten UMP Late Model Showdown series will come to a close this Friday, October 11 at Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, IL., crowning the champion, taking home the top prize of $2,000! The series has traveled throughout the summer between Lincoln Speedway, Lincoln, IL J Jacksonville Speedway, Jacksonville, IL and Macon Speedway, Macon, IL..

This year has been extremely exciting with only 50 points separating the top four. Steve Sheppard, Jr. is on top with 458 points, followed by Brian Dively with 442, Matt Taylor with 432, and Gregg Kimmons with 408.